"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Facebook and NSA, CIA
I never was comfortable with any of the social networking sites. Years ago I briefly set up a facebook page to locate some long lost friends and then abruptly shut it down. When asked why I replied simply " It was looking at me funny, so I killed it. " I haven't missed it for a second.
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I joined facebook a few years ago so I could sign a petition against police violence. Before I knew it, scattered family members and long-lost high school chums were contacting me. Cool. But I still use it to post and share political news and views. Do I know the pigs watching? Yes. Am I frightened? Certainly. But no more frightened than I was when they were tapping my phone; no more frightened than I was when they moved into the house next door and were monitering all my and my family's comings and goings; no more frightened than I was when they were gathering "information" about me from neighbors who didn't even know my last name. THEY DON'T NEED FACEBOOK TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT. They only need to write a bunch of crap on an affadafit, swear it's truth and show it to a judge. Oh, they want us to be afraid; they want us to be quiet. Well, screw them.